HOTEL LAS CABALLERIZAS — Hotel in State of Mexico

The best thing to say about this place is that I managed to survive the stay! ||My boyfriend and I (both very frequent travellers) stayed in this hotel in January 2012. The first disaster occured when the hotel only had registered 1 night stay despite the fact that we had clearly made a reservation for 2 nights. This resulted in the owner calling us all day long (and obviously ruining it) to convince us to help him out. Since all hotels in Valle were fully booked, he offered us his own (very small) room for free. We reluctantly agreed to this.||The second disaster happened during the night and nearly cost us our lives. Since winter in Valle can be very cold, all rooms are equipped with small fireplaces. Like we had done the night before, we lit the fireplace in our new room before going to bed. One hour later I luckily woke up, and the hole room was completely hot and full of smoke. It turns out that the chimney wasn't working - and we had never been informed about this. Smoke came out everywhere, from windows, doors and under the roof. It ended up in a complete disaster as my boyfriend tried to extinguish the fire, only to discover that the fire extinguisher was not working. At this time the roof started to burn, but there was no help whatsoever from the hotel staff - they wouldn't even call emergency! After quenching the fire with water bottles, we left the hotel at 4 in the morning, covered in water and smoke. ||I can surely say that I will never step near this horrible, disorganized and dangerous...

This could turn out to be an interesting place to stay after they learn how to manage it for the convenience of the guests...|| We booked this because it was different, and it certainly WAS! The guest rooms are former stables, and horses are houses in 1 wing of the property. The pool is a short walk away, near small houses they also rent. Chilly night with no heat, but several blankets. Some nice decor and art work, and fireplaces to keep warm. Dinner was OK + pricey. When we asked questions about methods of preparation, sauces, etc. on the menu, waiters mocked us, thinking our Spanish wasn't that good because we were confused by terms on their menu. || At 9 in the morning, we went to breakfast to discover we were the only ones in the building. No coffee. No food. They got it together about 10. Conversing the French, we discovered the young manager had studied business administration in France. He (they) still have a lot to learn. This is 1 of the few hotels in the area, so you still may want to...

The property is so small, there is only like 10 rooms or casitas next to each other, there are no open areas for relaxation or privacy so you have to hang around with other guests even if you don't want to, specially if you are sharing the tiny swimming pool.||At night it is not a quiet place as you think it would be, we had bad luck with neighbors making noise all night and we could hear every thing they did.||I looked at the restaurant menu and the prices were high, a good reason not to give it a try considering everything else around this place.||I would not recommend this place to any of my...